MetaFilter posts tagged with Iraq and Arthttp://www.metafilter.com/tags/Iraq+Art
Posts tagged with 'Iraq' and 'Art' at MetaFilter.Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:28:08 -0800Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:28:08 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60From Jingoism to Feelings - the aesthetic response to collective traumahttp://www.metafilter.com/161710/From%2DJingoism%2Dto%2DFeelings%2Dthe%2Daesthetic%2Dresponse%2Dto%2Dcollective%2Dtrauma
Lindsay Ellis' (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/124496/Walking-To-Mordor-And-Back-Again">previously</a>) new video series '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJGOq3JclTH89vjdLyTaxE2Djc42vxt2n">Loose Canon</a>' (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/147991/The-delicate-tango-between-common-archetype-and-copyright">Previously</a>) takes a look at the different media takes on the same cultural character or property. She takes on the longest and most detailed one yet with the media reaction to and portrayal of the 2001 9/11 attacks. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZbH72rWAhQ&index=11&list=PLJGOq3JclTH89vjdLyTaxE2Djc42vxt2n">Part 1</a> (21:21) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waL2lJVbAf4&index=10&list=PLJGOq3JclTH89vjdLyTaxE2Djc42vxt2n">Part 2</a> (27:37) (Warning for photos and video of attacks) tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.161710Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:28:08 -0800The WhelkMuseum of Lost Objectshttp://www.metafilter.com/157823/Museum%2Dof%2DLost%2DObjects
A series of ten articles at the BBC News Magazine by Kanishk Tharoor and Maryam Maruf tracing the stories of ten antiquities and cultural sites that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria: (1) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35669056">The Winged Bull of Nineveh</a>; (2) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35688943">The Temple of Bel</a>; (3) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35696798">Tell of Qarqur</a>; (4) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35707634">Aleppo&rsquo;s minaret</a>; (5) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35720366">The Lion of al-Lat</a>; (6) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35725220">Mar Elian Monastery</a>; (7) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35745962">Al-Ma&rsquo;arri: the unacceptable poet</a>; (8) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35755273">The Genie of Nimrud</a>; (9) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35757576">The Armenian Martyrs&rsquo; Memorial Church in Deir al-Zour</a>; and (10) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35774900">Looted Sumerian Seal, Baghdad</a>. The articles accompany a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0738jc2/episodes/player">series of broadcasts</a> on BBC Radio 4 (probably UK-only), which have also been made available in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0738jc2/episodes/downloads">podcast</a> form.
I was particularly interested to learn, from the 7th article, about the blind, ascetic 10th/11th-century Syrian poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ma%CA%BFarri">Al-Ma&rsquo;arri</a> apparently known as &lsquo;one of the three foremost atheists in Islamic history&rsquo;, some of whose verses are on-line, courtesy of the Humanistic Texts website, <a href="http://www.humanistictexts.org/al_ma'arri.htm">in English translation</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.157823Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:30:05 -0800misteraitchSultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, cultural commentator and patron of the artshttp://www.metafilter.com/153415/Sultan%2DSooud%2DAl%2DQassemi%2Dcultural%2Dcommentator%2Dand%2Dpatron%2Dof%2Dthe%2Darts
In 2011, <a href="http://www.sultanalqassemi.com">Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Sooud_Al-Qassemi">Arabic: سلطان سعود القاسمي‎</a>) was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/richard-adams-blog/2011/jul/08/sultan-al-qassemi-twitter">lauded for his Twitter stream where he provided English translations of news and events of Arab Spring</a>. <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247578">A year earlier</a>, the cultural commentator started the <a href="http://www.barjeelartfoundation.org/">Barjeel Art Foundation</a>, serving as a patron and promoter for artists from all over the Arab world: Syrian, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Egyptian, Jordanian, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2015/09/18/440850284/for-arab-artists-with-something-to-say-this-sheikh-is-a-loudspeaker">"I don't buy artworks that I think are pretty and aesthetically appealing," he says. "But I buy art that is politically meaningful."</a> Arab Art Redefined: <a href="http://apps.npr.org/lookatthis/posts/al-qassemi/">How art collector Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi is trying to change the narrative</a> (2 minute slideshow with narration by Sultan Al-Qassemi on how he collects and shares art). tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.153415Tue, 29 Sep 2015 09:11:00 -0800filthy light thiefPutting away the dishes at the end of the Iraq Warhttp://www.metafilter.com/110664/Putting%2Daway%2Dthe%2Ddishes%2Dat%2Dthe%2Dend%2Dof%2Dthe%2DIraq%2DWar
With <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/12/20111218513415803.html">official end</a> of the <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/obama-got-us-out-of-iraq-but-voters-just-dont-care-anymore/250132/">Iraq War</a> comes the matter of <a href="http://artinfo.com/news/story/753997/artist-michael-rakowitz-on-how-his-saddam-hussein-dinner-party-became-an-international-incident">returning Saddam Hussein's plates</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.110664Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:22:56 -0800Brandon BlatcherDrone music, sortahttp://www.metafilter.com/109628/Drone%2Dmusic%2Dsorta
Throughout time immemorial, songs of patriotism, such as Darryl Worley's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU">Have You Forgotten?</a>" are a staple of countries at war. Our ballads root for our soldiers to come back safe and sound to families and sweethearts, but who sings the tale about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle">Unmanned Aerial Vehicle</a>, the autonomous drone that pines for the vending machine it left at home? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT7mHZ8zGPc">Only the evil ghost of Johnny Cash does.</a> <small>As performed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upright_Citizens_Brigade">UCB</a>'s Matt Besser.</small> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.109628Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:06:23 -0800Blazecock PileonIraqi Maqamhttp://www.metafilter.com/107332/Iraqi%2DMaqam
<em>The <a href="http://iraqimaqam.blogspot.com/">maqam al-'iraqi</a> is considered the <a href="http://www.taqasim.net/en/a/6.html">most noble and perfect form</a> of the <a href="http://www.maqamworld.com/">maqam</a>. As the name implies, it is native to <a href="http://www.safaafir.com/about_maqam.htm">Iraq</a>; it has been known for approximately four hundred years in Baghdad, Mosul, and Kirkuk. The maqam al-'iraqi has been passed on orally through the Iraqi masters of the maqam, who cultivate the form especially in Baghdad. The maqam is performed by a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lrxOLAmddQ">singer</a> (qari') and three instrumentalists playing <a href="http://www.luth.org/downloads/AL92/naini.htm">santur</a> (box zither), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebab">juzah</a> (spike fiddle), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doumbek">tablah</a> or dunbak (goblet drum).</em> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.107332Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:08:04 -0800TrurlPortraits of Iraqis by Daniel Heymanhttp://www.metafilter.com/102839/Portraits%2Dof%2DIraqis%2Dby%2DDaniel%2DHeyman
<i>I am an artist who by a stroke of good fortune met a brave American lawyer who represents <a href="http://www.smithmag.net/wp-content/uploads/abu/Istanbulwatercolors/2.jpg">several</a> <a href="http://www.smithmag.net/wp-content/uploads/abu/AmmanWatercolors/5.jpg">hundred</a> <a href="http://www.smithmag.net/wp-content/uploads/abu/Istanbulwatercolors/7.jpg">Iraqi</a> <a href="http://www.danielheyman.com/projects_works_iraq_istanbul_0608.htm">detainees</a> in the US federal courts....the <a href="http://www.smithmag.net/wp-content/uploads/abu/AmmanWatercolors/6.jpg">Iraqis I interviewed</a>, released by the American military after many months or years of detention, were never formally accused of a crime, brought to a trial or given legal representation.</i> <a href="http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/watercolours-are-vital-accessories-to-commentary-on-infamous-abu-ghraib-photos/">Daniel Heyman</a> <a href="http://www.danielheyman.com/projects_works_iraq_blkwtrincident.htm">paints</a> and <a href="http://www.danielheyman.com/projects_works_iraq_istanbul_dry.htm">draws</a> while sitting in on interviews between former Abu Ghraib detainees and their lawyer Susan Burke. <a href="http://www.fpif.org/articles/interview_with_daniel_heyman">Interview</a> (including Heyman's thoughts about Errol Morris' documentary <em><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/feb/19/iraq">Standard Operating Procedure</a></em>). <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/01/art-review-bearing-witness-daniel-heyman-at-laband-art-gallery-lmu.html">Review</a>. <a href="http://www.smithmag.net/2007/06/06/beyond-the-hoods-the-abu-ghraib-images-of-daniel-heyman/">Another gallery</a>. Related: <a href="http://www.detaineeproject.org/#/Detainee%20Portraits/Chris%20Bartlett/1">The Detainee Project</a>. <small>Via <a href="http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/sunday-reading-sans-rhyme-sans-reason/">zunguzungu</a>.</small> (links to Heyman's site are to sets with multiple images, in case that's not obvious) tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.102839Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:22:50 -0800mediareportI mentally seceded from the US in 2004http://www.metafilter.com/101212/I%2Dmentally%2Dseceded%2Dfrom%2Dthe%2DUS%2Din%2D2004
Cartoonist <a href="http://thepaincomics.com/">Tim Kreider</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/75160">previously</a>,<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/74240"> previously</a>) of <a href="http://thepaincomics.com/">The Pain</a> talks about the last decade, our "disastrous decline" and his latest book of cartoons and essays, Twilight Of The Assholes. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G7_5jjIyvQ"> Part 1</a> -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTtl5dlACNk&feature=related"> 2</a> -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLSfUoXvfQg"> 3</a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp1nVjnKAok">4</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.101212Sat, 05 Mar 2011 09:29:49 -0800The WhelkModern Art Iraq Archivehttp://www.metafilter.com/101102/Modern%2DArt%2DIraq%2DArchive
<a href="http://artiraq.org/maia/">The Modern Art Iraq Archive</a> (MAIA) is a resource to trace, share, and enable community enrichment of the modern art heritage of Iraq. Explore the works by artist, browse through related textual materials, or add your own images or stories to the archive. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.101102Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:45:59 -0800sciurusSoldiers at Warhttp://www.metafilter.com/76310/Soldiers%2Dat%2DWar
Suzanne Opton's haunting <a href="http://www.soldiersface.com/soldier/birkholz/">soldier portraits</a>, appearing on a billboard near you.
(courtesy of Design Observer) Some interesting comments:
As a Marine, I find these really disturbing. If you want to support me... send a letter, send a care package, send a book... for God\'s sake... My wife told me to look at this website, and I am honestly horrified. Is this the representation that Americans have of the troops defending them?
I too, am a spouse of a soldier; I understand the intent behind these, but showing them on the ground, to me, is too much for public viewing. I would prefer to view these at an art museum so that we may have the choice to show our children these depictions. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76310Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:15:47 -0800puckishTarget Practicehttp://www.metafilter.com/73975/Target%2DPractice
<a href="http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080807/REVIEW/956241992/1008">"It's amazing how many people are shooting. This is probably the heaviest shooting we've witnessed, and although it's Memorial Day, you can't just blame it on the United States. France, Denmark, Ireland, UK, Canada, so it's not one place – almost global shooting."</a> [<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/61084/Domestic-Tension">previously</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73975Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:29:30 -0800oldleadaPostings from Afghanistan: A Kandahar Journalhttp://www.metafilter.com/69195/Postings%2Dfrom%2DAfghanistan%2DA%2DKandahar%2DJournal
"My name is Captain Doug MacNair, I coordinate the media embedding program from a desk here in Ottawa... I have embedded more than 250 journalists in our program, and no embed has given me more personal satisfaction than yours... Thanks for being <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/afghanistan/postingsfromafghanistan/index.html">handy with a pencil and a piece of paper</a>. Thanks for <a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/kandaharjournal/default.aspx">writing</a> so well about the things that are hard to draw. Thanks for leaving your family to do an important job. I know how that feels and it's never easy. Most of all Richard, thanks for risking your life while you do all those things." <a href="http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2007/08/prismacolors-in-the-battlefields-of-afghanistan-a-qa-with-richard-johnson/">Q&amp;A with Richard Johnson</a>. <a href="http://thelittlechimpsociety.com/theape/postings-from-afghanistan/"><small>Via</small></a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69195Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:45:48 -0800The Loch Ness MonsterBig man with a big heart does his parthttp://www.metafilter.com/67200/Big%2Dman%2Dwith%2Da%2Dbig%2Dheart%2Ddoes%2Dhis%2Dpart
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wallinger">Mark Wallinger</a> has <a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2222003,00.html">won</a> the <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/">Turner Prize</a> for '<a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,1990916,00.html">State Britain</a>' his recreation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Haw">Brian Haw</a>'s Parliament Square <a href="http://www.parliament-square.org.uk/articles.htm">peace protest</a>. Although for the prize exhibition (this year <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/">out of London</a> for the first time) Wallinger showed a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/gallery/2007/dec/04/artnews?picture=331449619">video of himself dressed in a bear costume</a>. The seems to be at least one <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/podcasts/2007/12/its_an_amazing_painstaking_rec.html">critic's choice</a> although <a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/turnerprize2007/story/0,,2221724,00.html">not everyone agrees</a>. Wallinger had previously been short-listed for the prize in <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/history/wallinger.htm">1995</a> for work exploring his interest in horse racing. Although he is probably best know for the Christ sculpture '<a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/image/0,8543,-10204720077,00.html">Ecce Homo</a>', and <a href="http://www.aec.at/europa-in-sicht/en/treshold.html ">religious themed videos</a> he has produced an eclectic set of work including a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS">TARDIS</a> <a href="http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/exhibition/tardis.htm">sculpture</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.67200Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:26:54 -0800fearfulsymmetryIn the hollow of an unarmorial agehttp://www.metafilter.com/65469/In%2Dthe%2Dhollow%2Dof%2Dan%2Dunarmorial%2Dage
<a href="http://www.princeharrymemorial.com/">"Iraq War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry"</a> features the <a href="http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/princeharry/">in fact hale and hearty royal scion</a> "laid out before the Union Jack with pennies placed over his eyes and head rested on the Bible...Prone with his unfired gun still holstered, Prince Harry is represented clutching a bloodied flag of Wales, and holding to his heart a cameo locket of his late mother, Princess Diana, while a desert vulture perches on his boot...a bronze casting of Prince Harry's 'severed ears' also set for display at the Trafalgar Hotel will be offered on eBay." <a href="http://bloodandtreasure.typepad.com/blood_treasure/2007/10/without-his-ear.html">Via</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65469Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:23:59 -0800AbiezerKhalil al-Zahawi, RIPhttp://www.metafilter.com/61604/Khalil%2DalZahawi%2DRIP
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6696503.stm">Famed Arabic calligrapher Khalil al-Zahawi murdered.</a> (Arabic: خليل الزهاوي‎; 1946 - 25 May 2007) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalil_al-Zahawi">Khalil al-Zahawi</a> was the most famous practitioner in Iraq of the art of writing <a href="http://www.flwi.ugent.be/cie/images/kakayik13.JPG">classical Arabic script</a>. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-artistmay28,1,2180245.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed">He was shot to death Friday</a> as he left his home. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.61604Tue, 29 May 2007 15:18:04 -0800psmealeyDomestic Tensionhttp://www.metafilter.com/61084/Domestic%2DTension
<a href="http://www.flatfilegalleries.com/">Shoot an Iraqi live on the web.</a> <small>[With a paintball gun]</small> Iraqi artist <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0705091398may10,1,7979183.story??track=sto-relcon&coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true">Wafaa Bilal</a>, whose brother was killed in by an American soldier in 2005, makes a statement about virtual war in Chicago's Flatfile gallery. For the next 42 days, anyone can <a href="http://75.57.160.175/">log in</a> and chat with him. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0705080437may10,1,4112551.story?coll=chi-news-hed&?track=sto-relcon">Or shoot him with a remote-controlled paintball gun.</a> You can listen to him narrate a summary of the piece (and show the gun-firing robot) in this <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/broadband/chi-paintball-flashhtml,1,1774599.htmlstory?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=3&cset=true">slideshow from the Chicago Tribune</a>. If you can't log in, you can watch his video diaries <a href="http://www.crudeoils.us/">here</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.61084Fri, 11 May 2007 17:30:54 -0800blahblahblahBorn to Warhttp://www.metafilter.com/58887/Born%2Dto%2DWar
<a href="http://www.borntowar.com/">Born to War</a> is a series of paintings of American women killed in Iraq. The combination of the increasing role of women in the American military and the blurring of lines between combat and non-combat roles in Iraq have made this the first war in which female US soldiers have died in direct combat. The focus on a smaller number of women provides a more approachable view of casualties than more general sites like <a href="http://iraqbodycount.org/">Iraq Body Count</a> and raises some interesting questions about the role of women in the US military. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.58887Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:27:23 -0800scottreynen"playing" America's Armyhttp://www.metafilter.com/51938/playing%2DAmericas%2DArmy
<a href="http://www.gamespy.com/pc/americas-army/709854p1.html">In Memoriam and in Protest</a> --<i>why not use an online deathmatch as a pedestal for speaking out against a war?</i> Artist/Professor uses US Govt-developed <a href="http://www.americasarmy.com/">America's Army</a> (<i>...placing Soldiering front and center within popular culture and showcasing the roles training, teamwork and technology play in the Army. ...</i> ) as protest and art space. <a href="http://www.unr.edu/art/DELAPPE/DeLappe%20Main%20Page/DeLappe%20Online%20MAIN.html">DeLappe's homepage (and jpgs) here</a> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51938Tue, 30 May 2006 07:11:37 -0800amberglowMoonlight, Baghdad.http://www.metafilter.com/50332/Moonlight%2DBaghdad
<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18031/18031-h/18031-h.htm">A Dweller in Mesopotamia.</a> Donald Maxwell was Official Artist to the Admiralty during World War I, and the end of the war found him in what was then called Mesopotamia (now Iraq); he compiled the sketches and paintings he did there into a book which Project Gutenberg has put online. I'm posting it for the frequently beautiful images, but the text is interesting too. He says Baghdad and Basra don't live up to the Westerner's romantic preconceptions ("The first general impression of Basra is that of an unending series of quays along a river not unlike the Thames at Tilbury"), but he also describes age-old scenes that are now gone for good. (Via <a href="http://www.ncf.ca/~ek867/wood_s_lot.html">wood s lot</a>, one of the few sites I visit every day.) tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.50332Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:12:58 -0800languagehatThe Art Of Warhttp://www.metafilter.com/47698/The%2DArt%2DOf%2DWar
<i><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1214/p14s02-alar.html">At least one commander told him</a>, "Follow the soldiers' instructions, because they'll put their lives at risk to save you." But no one tried to censor his drawings or discourage him from going out on missions.</i> -- Steve Mumford is a New York painter who was embedded as a "combat artist" in Iraq. The archives of his <a href="http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/baghdadjournal.asp">Baghdad Journal</a> make for fascinating reading. He has recently published a large <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1896597904/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">book</a> of the art he created on this voyage.</i></i> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47698Sun, 18 Dec 2005 07:48:12 -0800Gator+WAR +Iraq Poster Exhibithttp://www.metafilter.com/38144/WAR%2DIraq%2DPoster%2DExhibit
<a href="http://war.miniaturegigantic.com">+WAR +Iraq Poster Exhibit</a> Graphic designers from multiple political POVs collaborate, and <a href="http://www.miniaturegigantic.com/gallery1.html">the gallery</a> is up to 17 pages of thumbnalish posters since March, 2003. [<em>via <a href="http://coolstop.com/radio/archives/001810.shtml">jennet.radio</a></em>] tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.38144Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:31:54 -0800billsaysthisBaghdad Journalhttp://www.metafilter.com/34828/Baghdad%2DJournal
<a href="http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/baghdadjournal.asp">Baghdad Journal</a> An eyewitness artist's report from the Iraqi capital. Amazing watercolors. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34828Fri, 06 Aug 2004 16:46:37 -0800ColdChefFirst Lady Fights Back!http://www.metafilter.com/34769/First%2DLady%2DFights%2DBack
<a href="http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/08/04/kushner_scene/">"Hi. My name is Tony Kushner, I'm a playwright</a> ...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/04/theater/04KUSH.html">Ladies and Gentlemen</a> and Supporters of <a href="http://www.moveon.org/front/">MoveOn</a>: the first lady of the United States, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,128013,00.html">Laura Welch Bush</a>".
About a year and a half ago <a href="http://www.barclayagency.com/kushner.html">Kushner</a>, the <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/arts/qa/2003/11/ma_586_01.html">Pulitzer-prize winning</a> <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/arts/qa/1995/07/bernstein.html">author</a> of <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3403598/">Angels</a> <a href="http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/kushner1050-des-.html">in</a> <a href="http://www.hbo.com/films/angelsinamerica/">America</a>, published the first act of a new play, <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030324&s=kushner">Only We Who Guard The Mystery Shall Be Unhappy</a> <small>(full text)</small>. In it, Laura Bush <a href="http://www.nyblade.com/2004/7-23/arts/theater/kushner.cfm">reads</a> Dostoyevsky to a classroom full of ghosts of dead Iraqi children. Now, <small>(in Salon, I know, I know)</small> the first lady metacriticizes Kushner's play. <small><em>(more inside)</em></small></blockquote></blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34769Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:11:11 -0800matteoCapobianco Gallery closed?http://www.metafilter.com/33386/Capobianco%2DGallery%2Dclosed
<a href="http://www.capogallerysf.com">The Capobianco Gallery</a> in San Francisco is <a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/30/GALLERY.TMP>closed</a>. Its owner, Lori Haigh, was <a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi?paper=chronicle&file=GALLERY.TMP&directory=/c/a/2004/05/30&type=news&object=/chronicle/pictures/2004/05/30/ba_prisoner45.jpg>assaulted</a> for displaying a <a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi?object=/chronicle/pictures/2004/05/30/ba_art0082mk.jpg&paper=chronicle&file=GALLERY.TMP&directory=/c/a/2004/05/30&type=news>painting</a> by <a href=http://www.capogallerysf.com/colwell.htm>Guy</a> <a href=http://www.atelier9.com/atl9fineartguy.html>Colwell</a> which depicts the abuse of Iraqi prisoners. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.33386Sun, 30 May 2004 02:13:30 -0800homunculusProsser High School wee bit touchyhttp://www.metafilter.com/32724/Prosser%2DHigh%2DSchool%2Dwee%2Dbit%2Dtouchy
<a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/5007720p-4935696c.html">Prosser High School</a> teacher sees 15 year old student's war artwork depicting President Bush as a devil and another decapitated. Captions include calling an end to the war, and support for Ralph Nadar. Teacher hands artwork over to school administrators, who in turn bring in the Secret Service. <a href="http://www.komotv.com/stories/30962.htm">Because</a> that's what you do when you've handed out an assignment to kids "to keep a notebook of drawings depicting the war in Iraq". tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32724Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:32:03 -0800Feisty